The first day at work was going great so far, Yug had showed me around also explained my work to me, introduced me to a lot of other people that worked here and then later we came back and he gave me some work to do which I was just finishing up when I heard a knock at the door, I looked up and saw him walk in.

"Hey... it's lunch time, you can finish that later. Did you bring lunch from home or?" Yug asked.

"No... I dint bring anything. Is there a restaurant around here or anything?"

"There is, but the company provides lunch, we are all just going to eat, come along." She smiled. I nodded as I grabbed my phone from the table and followed him to wherever we were supposed to have lunch.

He led me to a hall downstairs where everyone was having lunch, it was like a buffet, you get a plate, go get food served then pick a place to sit and eat, there were lots of tables and chairs placed around too.

Yug and I stood in line as we got the food and then he led me to a table where we both sat down and started eating. He concentrated on his food while I felt a little awkward as I could notice people around us staring at me, maybe it was because I was new.

"You don't like the food or anything?" Yug asked.

"No, I haven't even tasted it yet. I'm just... why is everyone looking at me like that?" I giggled nervously.

"Oh... you're new, the guys are wondering if you're single because you're hot and the girls are jealous, you're seated with me because I am hot." He said so casually while I laughed at him, that was ridiculous.

"You're funny." I laughed.

"I am serious. You don't believe me? Watch." He smirked as he stood up and walked back where the food was being served, grabbed a bottle of juice and then walked back passing through a table that had like four girls sitting, he stopped at the table look at the girls and smiled as he walked back towards me.

All the four girls were blushing. Seriously? Was he really right? I mean yeah, he was hot but the girls were making it pretty obvious. And somehow again, this kind of ended up reminding me of Arnav. I remember how girls used to be crazy for him in college, was it something with the surname Raizada?

"I told you so. Now eat." He smiled as he continued eating, I nodded as I started eating too.

"So... you never talk to any of those girls or what?"

"I do... I greet them when I arrive, say goodbye when I leave but nothing much unless I have some work with either of them."

"Oh okay... and who do you usually have lunch with?"

"I'm alone most of the times, sometimes the girls come and sit beside me... you know but yeah..."

"Must feel good to be like a celebrity around here." I giggled.

"It's nothing like that, I just feel flattered sometimes, enough about me, tell me about you. Why did you move from Delhi?" He asked.

"I finished my studies and dad suggested this job, it sounded good so I decided why not."

"So, your parents are here?"

"No. I am alone; they own a flat here and that's where I'm living."

"So, it's like a completely new place for you, you don't know anyone at all, no friends even?"

"Yeah... sort of starting a new life." I smiled.

"Oh okay... that's great. Incase you need to go somewhere or need a friend, I am there, you can always call me." He smiled at me.

"Wont it be weird? I mean we work together?"

"Why would it be weird? There's no rule saying workmates can't be friends. In fact, I'll prove it to you, how about I take you out tonight, and mind you it's not a date I am asking for, when Yug Raizada asks a girl for a date it's in a special way." He smirked.

"Okay." I laughed, he was a pretty interesting guy. I mean I couldn't even believe it was my first day, the way he was talking to me and had already asked me to go out with him, it was like we had known each other way longer than this.

*****

Once I arrived home in the evening, I unpacked my luggage that I had been too lazy to unpack yesterday, I had to find something to wear for tonight. I mean of course it wasn't a date, plus I wouldn't want to date anyone while I still loved Arnav, but I was going out with the manager of a fashion company and I had to look like I worked in a fashion company.

I went through all my clothes finding nothing good enough to wear, and when I was about to give up, I pulled out a pastel pink satin dress, I had even forgotten I owned it.

It was such a pretty dress, I don't remember what I had bought it for but I had never worn it, well it was going to work pretty well for tonight.

I freshened up once I was done unpacking and then started getting ready immediately, Yug was supposed to pick me up at seven thirty so I dint have much time left. I curled my hair, and then put on the dress, did my usual make up, put on my heels and grabbed my clutch.

Just as I was looking at my reflection in the mirror to make sure I looked good, my phone rang, it was Yug.

"Hey." I received it.

"I'm downstairs, whenever you are ready." He said.

"Be there in a minute." I disconnected the call and rushed out, locked the house as I took the elevator downstairs.

I found him waiting for me downstairs standing beside his car, he was dressed in a navy three-piece suit, he looked really good.

"Not bad Miss Khushi, you look gorgeous." He smiled at me.

"Thank you, so do you Mr. Yug." I giggled.

"So let's get going." He smiled as he opened the door for me, I walked inside the car and settled down, I couldn't believe that I had actually agreed to go out with him on the first day of knowing him. What if he was a serial killer? I shouldn't be trusting people so easily.

I guess I just went with my instinct, he just sounded like a good guy and besides Mr. Mehra seemed to like him a lot and I could at least judge by my dad's friend's judgement.

While I was clouded with all the thoughts, the car stopped, I had no idea we would arrive so soon, Yug stepped out holding the door open for me, I stepped out and then followed him inside the restaurant he had brought me to.

"Are you a good singer Khushi?" He asked.

"I don't think so... why?"

"Because this restaurant has a karaoke too, it's usually so fun to sing, I thought you'd give me company in singing one of my favorite songs."

"What if I don't know the song? Beside I don't think I can sing in front of people." I said nervously.

"It's a pretty famous song, I'm sure you know it. Anyway we can decide that after dinner, I'm sure you'll like the place and the environment and also the crazy songs people sing." He laughed.

"You don't even know me well, how sure are you I would like it?" I looked at him curiously.

"Just a gut feeling." He smiled as he walked me to the table he had booked, we both settled down as I looked around the restaurant, it was so pretty. It small plant pots hanging all over the roof in the entire area, I guess they were fake plants but they looked so real and so pretty.

Right in front, was a stage where the mike was and behind it the screen where the lyrics of the songs showed up, right now there was a girl singing a song, she had a pretty voice.

"This is nice." I said to Yug.

"I told you, you would like it." He smirked as he grabbed the menu so did I. I went through it wondering what to eat, I usually took forever to decide what I wanted to eat, I mean there were lots of options, of course it was difficult to decide.

While I was still going through it, the music in the background had stopped and after a few moments, a really good melody started playing, I had never heard this song before but the music in the starting part was really beautiful, but that's not even made me look back towards the stage, I looked when I heard the singer's voice while he started singing the first few lines. It was Arnav's voice! And when I looked, it was him!

Raat aayi hai, raat aane do... nasha hota hai... nasha hone do...
Dil jalta hai... dil jalne do.... Yaad aayi hai... mujhe peene do...

I looked at him with my eyes wide open, he was standing on the stage, right in front of me, holding a whole bottle of alcohol in his hand as he sang. I had never heard Arnav sing before, I dint even know he could sing so well. Since when did he start singing, I don't remember him ever even trying to sing or anything.

Leave that aside, he was in Mumbai? All this while I kept on looking for him everywhere, he had actually disappeared from Delhi and come here? For a moment there, I couldn't even believe that it was actually him that I was seeing on the stage, it felt like a dream, it dint feel real at all.

He held the mic with his hand and the bottle with his other, his eyes were closed as he sang, his voice was filled with so much pain.

Tere pyaar ne saream badnaam kardiya mujhe... sharab ka Ghulam kardiya mujhe...
Na jee raha hoon na main marsaka... Aisa mera hashar hai bangaya...
Jo pehle maikhana tha, who ghar hai bangayi... ke abto saaki ne bhi jam ka hisab na rakha...

"Khushi!" Yug called me out, I dint even want to look away from Arnav and looked at him, I was scared if I looked away, he was going to disappear once again.

What was I supposed to do here right now? Stand up and go talk to him? Or just ignore him? He hadn't even seen me yet, he had no idea that I was here, would he want to talk to me if he saw me?

"Yeah?" I said without looking at him, I just couldn't look away from Arnav. He looked so different, I mean nothing had changed about his looks but there was just some sort of pain on his face that made him look so different that he was the last time I saw him.

"I think my cousin has you hooked." Yug said, I turned to look at him in surprise immediately. What??? Arnav and Yug were cousins? It made sense, they had the same surname and I never really knew any other of his family apart from his parents because he never wanted to talk about his family at all.

Suddenly, Yug raised his hand up and waved towards Arnav's direction so I turned to look towards him and at that moment, our eyes met. He dint seem surprised, did he know I was going to be here? Or maybe it was because it dint matter to him.

He pulled out the mic from the stand and started walking towards us, he kept on looking at me while he walked towards us.

Dard hota... dard hone do... zakhm gehra hai... ise rehne do...
Ankhein roti hai... inhe rone do... Yaad aayi hai mujhe peene do...

He stopped beside out table, looking me into the eyes as he finished singing his song, I swear the pain I felt in my heart at the moment, I couldn't even describe it words. Was he going to talk to me? If not, he wouldn't walk towards us right.

Raat aayi hai, raat aane do... nasha hota hai... nasha hone do...
Dil jalta hai... dil jalne do.... Yaad aayi hai... mujhe peene do...